Stafford Town F.C.
Full name | Stafford Town Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Reds, Town[1] | |
Founded | 1976 | |
Ground | Evans Park Riverway Stafford[1] | |
Capacity | 600 | |
Chairman | Paul Beedell | |
Manager | Adam Wall | |
League | North West Counties League Division One South | |
2022–23 | North West Counties League Division One South, 18th of 20 | |
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Stafford Town Football Club is an English football club based in Stafford. The club's senior men's team play in the North West Counties League Division One South. Their nearest rivals are fellow Stafford clubs Stafford Rangers and Brocton.
History
The club was founded in 1976 as Stafford and joined the Midland Combination Division two for the 1977–78 season, winning the league at their second attempt. They changed their name to Stafford Town in 1981
The team transferred to the Midland Football Combination Premier Division at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, for which the club appointed Adam Cunningham from Stone Old Alleynians as manager after Steve Dockerty had resigned.
Cunningham left the team in May 2016, after winning the Les James Challenge League Cup. Dave Downing was then appointed as manager in the summer of 2016.
Downing departed the club in February 2018 with the club rooted to the bottom of the division. Jake Robinson and Paul Snape took the helm and guided the club to what was believed to be safety in a 20th-place finish. The club fell foul to the restructure of step 6 and 5 and were relegated to the Staffordshire Senior League Premier. During close season Snape departed leaving Robinson working alongside long term club servant Calvin Bailey to rebuild the squad and adapt to a new division. Robinson, assisted by Bailey and Luke Williams then led Stafford to a top 5 finish the following season, and a League Cup win over
Following a disappointing 2019-20 campaign which saw Town rock bottom before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Jake Robinson was replaced as manager.
Steve Barrow and Dominic Heath were appointed as joint managers ahead of the 2020–21 season.
The 2020-21 season was again cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak at the end of 2020. Ahead of the 2021-22 season, the club was moved sideways to the
In 2022, many managerial problems came as Steve Barrow and Dominic Heath resigned as managers of the club, after winning 2 games from 10, they left the job as managers after 2 and a half years at the job. Recently after the departure of Steve Barrow and Dominic stepping down as manager, the appointment of Anthony Malbon was made successful, but only after 27 days of taking charge of Stafford Town, he decided it was wrong place, wrong time and stepped down as manager just shortly after arriving. Stafford Town then appointed Adam Wall as manager of the first team assisted by Bill Bickley.
Ground
The club has moved into its first permanent stadium (having rented other clubs' and municipal grounds up until now) at Riverway, close to the centre of Stafford. The stadium is named after chairman Gordon Evans. The ground was turned into a 3G facility in the summer of 2016, with a joint partnership with the Stafford Borough Council. In the autumn of 2022, two new dugout facilities were put into place, situated opposite the stand. As well as the 550 seats situated at the stadium, there are available standing points located all around the stadium, and food and drink is available to spectators.
Honours
- West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division[3]
- Champions 1999–2000
- West Midlands (Regional) League Division One
- Champions 1993–94
- Runners-up 2009–10
- Midland Combination Division Two[2]
- Champions 1978–79
- Staffordshire Senior League[5]
- Runners-up 1991–92
- Les James Challenge Cup
- Winners – 2013–14
- Staffordshire Senior League Premier Division Cup
- Winners - 2018-19
Records
References
- ^ a b Pyramid Passion
- ^ a b Football Clubs History database – Stafford
- ^ a b c Stafford Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Club Website – History page
- ^ Stafford MSHD at the Football Club History Database